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Air
Quality Guide for Ozone
| AIR
QUALITY INDEX |
| Index
Values |
Descriptors
|
Cautionary
Statements for Ozone |
| 0
to 50 |
Good
|
None
|
| 51
to 100 |
Moderate
|
Unusually
sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged
outdoor exertion.
|
| 101
to 150 |
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups |
Active
children and adults, and people with respiratory disease,
such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
|
| 151
to 200 |
Unhealthy
|
Active
children and adults, and people with respiratory disease,
such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion;
everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged
outdoor exertion.
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201
to 300
|
Very
Unhealthy
|
Active
children and adults, and people with respiratory disease,
such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone
else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
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The
illustration below shows how you might see the Air Quality
Index (AQI) reported. In this example, an AQI
value of 130 is reported, which means that ozone levels
are unhealthy for sensitive groups.
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For
detailed information about ozone: www.deq.state.la.us/evaluation/ozone/index.htm
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